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FIDE has published the official list of titles approved by the 1st quarter Presidential Board meeting held in Chengdu, China on 27-28 April 2015.

You can see the full list below.

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The 1st International Chess Tournament “Neoclassical chess” took place on 9th May, 2015, in Hotel Holiday Inn, Madrid – Bernabeu.

Montenegro Chess Federation and “Vile Oliva” are organizing the International Open Chess Tournament “Petrovac 2015″ from 8-14th May.

The 9-round Swiss open with the time control 90′+30” will be held at the hotel “Vile Oliva” in Petrovac, Budva Riviera, Montenegro.

Ukrainian player  GM Vovk Yuri (2616) tops the field of 70 participants from 11 different countries.

The fourth and final stage of the FIDE Grand Prix series 2014-2015 is taking place from 13-27th May in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

The fourth and final stage of the FIDE Grand Prix series 2014-2015 will take place from 13-27th May in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

The first weekend of the Sygnity Ekstraliga Polish Team Championship is taking place from 8-10th May, 2015, in Gliwice, a city in Upper Silesia, southern Poland.

The Sygnity Ekstraliga Polish Team Championship is separated in three phases: Weekend 1 (8-10th May, 2015, in Gliwice), Weekend 2 (4-6th September, 2015, in Katowice) and Weekend 3 (2-4th October, 2015, in Wroclaw).

The 45th International Chess Tournament Bosna 2015 will take place from 30th May to 6th June at the Hotel Holiday in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

The tournament is organized by the Chess Club Bosna Sarajevo and sponsored by Canton Sarajevo and Federation BiH.

The 9-round Swiss event will offer 12.800 EUR in prizes (39 awards), with 2200 EUR reserved for the winner.

GM Zurab Sturua (Georgia) and IM Jan Rooze (Belgium) are the new European Champions for the senior categories 50+ and 65+ respectively while WGM Svetlana Mednikova (Russia) and the legendary GM Nona Gaprindashvili (Georgia) are the new European Champions for the senior women categories 50+ and 65+ respectively.

The 16th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship for 2015 is set to take place from 18-31st May at the hotel “Oazis Palace Chakvi” in Chakvi, Adjara, Georgia.

The 34th Zalakaros Chess Festival is scheduled to take place from 14-22nd May, 2015, in Zalakaros, a town in Hungary, famous for its thermal bath.